Now that 2009 is here I want to take some time to reflect on 2008. I always knew 2008 was going to be a good year. I remember looking forward to it because it was 08 and 8 is just a good fucking number. It was only a year ago Ray and I were living the good o life in the rainbow state, Honolulu Hawaii.

I met the Semmler’s, the rest of Shane’s family, and now mine as well and went to my first professional basketball game. Go Mavericks!

As you can see I love recording my life and 2008 was a year worth recording. There was a lot of cherry popping going on and I got to meet a lot of people that will be in my life for the long haul. We also moved around a lot, Hawaii, California, Austin, New York, Dallas. Things are just never boring with us. I’m looking forward to a healthy, happy and prosperous year for 2009. I know great things are to come.

When Ray and I moved to Hawaii Ray suggested that I start up a food blog, since I not only love love to eat, but I’m so gosh darn critical when I eat. Before Ray I was computer illiterate and after Ray I’m like a computer genius. That’s a bit of an overstatement, but I am a computer whore. I’m addicted to being on the computer so it only made sense to broaden my horizons and start up my very first blog. I wanted to make it more of my own so I called it Cheap Places To Eat In Oahu Hawaii, because of the very obvious, I’m super cheap. Not only did it allow me to taste food but I also got a taste of my love of photography. I’m not claiming to be a master photographer or anything. But hey, you got to start somewhere right? I got a new camera that I actually don’t plan on returning, Cannon G9. It’s the perfect camera for a beginner photo enthusiast such as myself. Every time I go out to eat, which is like everyday, I bring it along and snap away. I love my food blog. I try very much to make it my own by putting a lot of my humor and personality in it, which means I’m brutally honest and I talk like sailor. I’ve gotten tons of comments of how much people are enjoying my blog. It’s really flattering. As of today I have almost 500 daily readers, that’s including the people that subscribe to my feed. The other day I even go a check in the mail, so I can now say that I’m a real food critic, since I actually got paid and all. It’s been about a year now and I’ve written on over 160 different places, not bad. I’m not gonna lie, at times it does seem a bit tedious, especially now that I have this personal blog; it’s a lot more interesting writing about myself. I guess my ego’s starting to grow because there are times I get tired of always having to take photos of my food. And I only get tired of it because I know I’m capable of taking some amazing photos, and it restricts me from doing so. Anyhow, I still love my blog, it’s my baby and she grows bigger and bigger everyday.